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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Katherine's grandmother sometimes make reference to Anne Boleyn?
(a) To taunt Jane Boleyn.
(b) Because she still grieves for Anne.
(c) As a reminder to naughty girls like Katherine.
(d) As an illustration of the King's cruelty.

2. What is Katherine appalled by on January 3, 1540?
(a) That Anne rarely invites the King to her bed.
(b) How unfashionable her court clothes are.
(c) How old the people in the court are.
(d) That none of the courtiers pay any attention to her.

3. What document is not delivered to court as Anne had requested in March, 1540?
(a) The document that annulled her pre-contract.
(b) A copy of her father's will.
(c) The proof of her identity.
(d) A letter from her mother.

4. According to Anne, why might the Seymours be able to get too much power?
(a) Henry may marry another Seymour woman.
(b) Another Seymour has been appointed to the Privy Council.
(c) The Seymours keep acquiring land.
(d) Henry's only legitimate son is a Seymour.

5. According to Jane, why did Cromwell chose Anne to be Henry's queen?
(a) Cromwell wanted a foreign born queen.
(b) Cromwell recieved a favor from Anne's family.
(c) Cromwell felt their personalities matched well.
(d) Cromwell feared the king would choose a papist over a reformer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anne do when a stranger kisses her during the bull baiting event in 1539?

2. What does the ambassador's letter to Anne's brother say in June, 1540?

3. What does Anne hope that the King will choose her to be at the beginning of the novel?

4. What does Jane tell Norfolk about Anne's marriage to the King in March, 1540?

5. What does Anne wonder about Cromwell and Lord Lisle in January of 1540?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happenings from her past does Jane remember while at Hampton Court?

2. Describe Anne's relationships with her family.

3. What do the Duke and Lady Rochford tell Katherine to do in March, 1540?

4. What does Anne learn from Lord Lisle about Cromwell when she first arrives in England?

5. Why does Katherine's grandmother sometimes talk about Anne Boleyn with Katherine? What does Katherine herself remember about Anne Boleyn?

6. What does Anne tell Jane that is rather surprising on the 3rd of January, 1540?

7. How might the King be able to declare his marriage contract to Anne invalid, and how will this affect Cromwell who planned the marriage?

8. What does Anne come to find out about the circumstances of her marriage to Henry in June, 1540?

9. How does Anne feel while at the tournament?

10. What does the Duke want Jane to testify about Anne in June, 1540? Why does Jane not want to do this?

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